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Frank Waterhouse should replace Bert Donaldson with a more competent person having a

diverse knowledge of the European culture in order to efficiently execute their goals and

objectives set by the higher management. There are certain issues that made us to come to this

conclusion to replace him rather than helping him to adopt to the European culture.

Bert having an insufficient approach towards teamwork emphasized on team work but he failed

to realize that it differs in both the cultures, American and European. In American culture they

have an autocratic style of leadership on the contrary to this Europeans have more consensual

leadership style where the decision is agreed with the consensus of the majority of the people.

He has inadequate knowledge of mergers and acquisitions department that is the key requirement

to efficiently execute the assignment allocated to Frank and Donaldson.

Bert showed a lack preparation as he wasn’t prepared to face the cultural difference between

American culture and European culture.

Apart from being unprepared for the assignment Bert was reluctant to adapt to the European

environment even after pending one year there.

The hiring by Bert was inefficient as the trainers hired by Bert for training the executive

managers showed an unprofessional attitude.

He also arranged meetings on a short notice on a very tight schedule which is considered to be

very unprofessional in the European culture.

Bert’s family found it very difficult to adjust to the culture, as his wife failed to socialize and his

daughter found difficult to adjust to the education system.

There was a communication barrier as he was reluctant to share his thoughts with both his

superiors as well as his sub ordinates. Apart from his reluctance to share his thoughts there was a

language barrier and it was difficult for him to communicate with those who weren’t able to

speak.

There is also a major difference in both the cultures in terms of etiquettes as there are things

which are considered acceptable in one culture but not the other culture, and Bert failed to adapt

to these changes and found it difficult to cope with the routine activities because of this.

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All the above mentioned arguments are against retaining Bert Donaldson. Even if we were to

retain Bert then we would have to incur an extra cost of training him to cope with the challenges

he is facing and still it won’t give us a guarantee that he would be able to work to his full

potential in this environment. So the most logical decision is to replace him with a more

competent person